Leicester's Space industry is home to cutting-edge innovation, research, and manufacturing. Leicester and Leicestershire propels the future of aviation and exploration, and is a hub of technological advancement and expertise that drives global advancements in the aerospace sector.

Home to the iconic National Space Centre and world-leading space research at three major universities, the area has a cluster of space technology companies and major new developments that place us at the heart of future opportunities in the space sector. Research scientists at the University of Leicester have a long and distinguished record of discovery in space science. Their work includes x-ray and observational astronomy, radio and space plasma physics (including space weather) and planetary science and instrumentation development.

£100m Space Park Leicester - the heart of the UK’s space industry

200 academics, 29,000 employees and 20,000 students in space-related fields

Every single year since 1967 has seen a Leicester-built instrument operating in space